Fluctuations of the Última Esperanza ice lobe (52°S), Chilean Patagonia, during the last glacial maximum and termination 1

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-108

  Sagredo, E A ^a,b   Moreno, P I ^a   Villa Martinez R ^c   Kaplan, M R ^d   Kubik, P W ^e   Stern, C R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial Fluctuations; Last Glacial Maximum; Seno ltima Esperanza; Termination 1, Patagonia

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HETEROGENEITY; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PUSH MORAINE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

ESPERANZA;

EID: 78349306033     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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